Hi all.
Question for the knowledgeable. I own a flat on the top floor of a block. The attack space of mine and the adjoining flat was one big space of traditional king truss and rafter construction. The leaseholders decide these should be separated with forwalls for obvious reasons (Nothing to do with the Grenfell fire, it was put in motion before that)
Anyway, I'm a joiner by trade and have worked on fire protection and partitions more times than I care to remember. A company was brought in to erect fire partitions inthe loft. It was always going to be a b*****d of a job due to the logistics of getting the gourds up four flights of stairs and into the loft.
Anyway I'll cut to the line. They boarded straight on to the King trusses, basically putting screws in where they could. Single skin, and caulked the joins, (very poorly I might add) when it came to the gaps against the roof, the gaps have merely been sruffed with wool. From my days of firelining and fore protection, I'm pretty certain this isn't up to regulation standard. We are expected to pay for this and I'm withholding my payment until the company that manage the leasehold have sent out a surveyor.
I'm certain. There are regulations regarding joints and screw centres.
Can anyone who does fire protection regularly shine some light in this.
Thanks in advance. I'll try and add photos.
Paul
Question for the knowledgeable. I own a flat on the top floor of a block. The attack space of mine and the adjoining flat was one big space of traditional king truss and rafter construction. The leaseholders decide these should be separated with forwalls for obvious reasons (Nothing to do with the Grenfell fire, it was put in motion before that)
Anyway, I'm a joiner by trade and have worked on fire protection and partitions more times than I care to remember. A company was brought in to erect fire partitions inthe loft. It was always going to be a b*****d of a job due to the logistics of getting the gourds up four flights of stairs and into the loft.
Anyway I'll cut to the line. They boarded straight on to the King trusses, basically putting screws in where they could. Single skin, and caulked the joins, (very poorly I might add) when it came to the gaps against the roof, the gaps have merely been sruffed with wool. From my days of firelining and fore protection, I'm pretty certain this isn't up to regulation standard. We are expected to pay for this and I'm withholding my payment until the company that manage the leasehold have sent out a surveyor.
I'm certain. There are regulations regarding joints and screw centres.
Can anyone who does fire protection regularly shine some light in this.
Thanks in advance. I'll try and add photos.
Paul